On December 6, 2012, Carnival Corporation (the Company) completed its offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount
of senior unsecured 1.875% notes due 2017 (the Notes). The Notes are guaranteed by Carnival plc, a company incorporated and registered under the laws of England and Wales (the Guarantor). The Company intends to use the net
proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include repaying portions of various debt facilities maturing in 2013.

The offering of the Notes was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-179936 and 333-179936-01) (the
Registration Statement) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on March 6, 2012. The terms of the Notes are described in the Companys Prospectus dated March 6, 2012, as supplemented
by a final Prospectus Supplement dated November 29, 2012, as filed with the Commission on November 30, 2012.

In
connection with the offering, on November 29, 2012, the Company and the Guarantor entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBS Securities
Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters listed in Schedule I thereto (collectively, the Underwriters). The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, covenants and indemnification
provisions. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of December 6, 2012, by and among the Company, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank
National Association (the Trustee), as trustee (the Indenture), as amended and supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 6, 2012, by and among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, as
trustee. The Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, and are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

The Notes will mature on December 15, 2017 and will bear interest at a rate of 1.875% per year. Interest on the Notes will be
payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on June 15, 2013. The Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Company and rank equally with its other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.
The guarantees of the Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Guarantor and rank equally in right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Guarantor. The form of the Note is attached as Exhibit 4.3 to this
Report and is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

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